Former First Lady of El Salvador sentenced to 10 years in prison
Ana Legia de Saka, former first lady السيدة saviorHe was sentenced to ten years in prison Court of Justice of El SalvadorShe is accused of money and asset laundering.
The Salvadoran authorities They ask him to return $17.6
million to the state.
Also, court He was sentenced to ten years in prison Oscar
Edgardo Sol Mixco, brother of the former first lady, while Milton Romero
Aviles, associated with Saka Companies, was sentenced to seven years in prison
for the same crimes.
The case is linked to acts of corruption by the government
of former President Tony Saca (2004-2009), who was previously tried and
convicted of diverting more than $300 million from the public treasury for the
benefit of his companies and third parties.
According to the attorney general’s office, the reading of
the verdict against the defendants – which includes the arguments in favor of
the verdict announced on Friday – will take place on June 21. The former first
lady has also received a civil liability conviction, but details will be
determined on reading day. Meanwhile, the attorney general’s office has already
asked the former first lady to return $17.6 million to the field.
The The former first lady admittedOr his responsibility for
laundering $25 million in public funds, but he withdrew after the Public
Prosecution demanded that the previously stated amount be returned to the
state.
Ms. De Sacca was charged with money laundering and cover-up
of a network that laundered $25 million by triangulating money that came out of
state coffers to individuals who transferred it to various advertising
agencies, which in turn sometimes were. Sent to telecom companies belonging to
the family of former president Saka.
The 56-year-old former president He is serving a ten-year
prison sentence in La Esperanza prison, on the outskirts of San Salvador, for
diverting $300 million in public funds for the benefit of his companies and
third parties. In September 2018, the former president requested summary
proceedings and after pleading guilty to his crimes, a court sentenced him to
charges of embezzlement and money and asset laundering.
Five of his longtime accomplices also pleaded guilty during
the trial to obtain a reduced sentence.
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